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The family that plays together with a T-Bucket, stays together

The family that plays together with a T-Bucket, stays together

| March 6, 2011 | Comments (2)

Scott Zimmerman has a lifelong passion for the hot rod and custom car scene and 6 year old daughter Ashley’s motorized mini T-Bucket allows her to be more actively involved as a frequent participant in …

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“Top 25″ Hot Rod Pages on Facebook

“Top 25″ Hot Rod Pages on Facebook

| March 1, 2011 | Comments (0)

So, who has the biggest Facebook following in the hot rod world? Thought I’d do some informal research on the subject …

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T-Bucket Buyer Beware!

T-Bucket Buyer Beware!

| January 28, 2011 | Comments (7)

Thanks to the Internet, if you’re looking for a T-Bucket for sale, it couldn’t be easier. Depending on how far you’re willing to go for your dream bucket, the choices are almost limitless. But with so many T-Buckets for sale today, you still have to be very careful.

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T-Bucket “Props” to Street Rodder Magazine

T-Bucket “Props” to Street Rodder Magazine

| November 26, 2010 | Comments (0)

What caught my eye was Kirk Jones’ ’27 Nash sedan that had been miraculously cut down into a stunning single-seat modified roadster. Hey, that’s close enough to a T-Bucket for me …

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Those Crazy Kiwi T-Bucket Bodies

Those Crazy Kiwi T-Bucket Bodies

| November 22, 2010 | Comments (5)

T-Buckets are possibly more popular in New Zealand than the U.S.A.? But, you get that nagging feeling that there’s something different about those Kiwi T-Buckets …

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“Top 3″ T-Buckets from Hunnert Car Pileups Past

“Top 3″ T-Buckets from Hunnert Car Pileups Past

| October 8, 2010 | Comments (1)

My picks for the “Top 3″ T-Buckets from past Hunnert Car Pileups. All have the 1960′s T-Bucket look and one is a real survivor with extensive history.

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The Tarantulas’ T-Bucket Instrumental

The Tarantulas’ T-Bucket Instrumental

| October 6, 2010 | Comments (0)

If T-Buckets weren’t so doggone popular, nobody would be inspired to write cool tunes about them. When’s the last time you tapped your foot to a groovy ’34 Ford instrumental? We’re very happy to be able to share with you another tune titled “T-Bucket” by a group named The Tarantulas. This is not to be [...]

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Cal Automotive: A Legend is Born

Cal Automotive: Fiberglass T-Bucket Body Pioneers, Part 2

| October 4, 2010 | Comments (8)

It starts with an institutional food service size mayonnaise jar. As you may have noticed in the Custom Associates ad in Part 1 of the Cal Automotive story, interested parties could send in twenty-five cents for information. It was Bud Lang’s idea that when the mayonnaise jar filled up with quarters they would use them [...]

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The New 2010 Speedway T-Bucket Catalog

The New 2010 Speedway T-Bucket Catalog

| August 22, 2010 | Comments (0)

When I heard Speedway Motors had produced a special new T-Bucket catalog, I wasted no time getting one, because I was eager to see what Speedway had done in terms of product addition and integration after their acquisition of Total Performance. In case you weren’t aware of that major development in the T-Bucket world, here’s [...]

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The World’s First Fiberglass T-Bucket Hot Rod: Buzz Pitzen’s “Glass Image” – Part I

The World’s First Fiberglass T-Bucket Hot Rod: Buzz Pitzen’s “Glass Image” – Part I

| May 14, 2010 | Comments (3)

In my earlier post about The Real History of the Fiberglass T-Bucket Body, it was noted that the first fiberglass T-Bucket roadster was built by hot rodder Buzz Pitzen. The story of how Buzz came to purchase that first fiberglass T-Bucket body is a fascinating look at why over 50 years ago someone would use [...]

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